Description
This not-for-profit hospital was founded in Kansas City in 1897 by two sisters, Alice Berry Graham and Katherine Richardson to serve the poor and ill children of the area. This collection features photos of patients, staff, and volunteers all through the hospital's history.
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Tex Chambers performing with his trained dog

Tex Chambers performing with his trained dog Zest. Chambers is bending down while Zest climbs on his back. They are in front of a group of boy and girl patients at Children's Mercy Hospital. The children (African American and white) are sitting in chairs and wheelchairs. Two white women, at least one a nurse, are sitting in the back as well.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00062.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281

Tex Chambers performing with his trained dog

Tex Chambers performing with his trained dog Spaghetti. The dog is in a large box on a carpeted stage. They are in front of a group of boy and girl patients at Children's Mercy Hospital. The children (African American and white) are sitting in chairs and wheelchairs. Two white women, at least one a nurse, are sitting in the back as well.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00063.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281

Howard Benjamin and representatives of the Kansas City J.C.

Howard Benjamin, wearing a cowboy hat, and representatives of the Kansas City J.C. (all white men) standing with Dr. Ned Smull at Children's Mercy Hospital. An unidentified white woman holding a pair of sunglasses is standing beside Smull. They are presenting a check for $1,000.00 to Smull. Smull is looking up and to the left while smiling.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00064.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281

Crowd of young patients and staff

A crowd of young patients and staff watching a performance at Children's Mercy Hospital. The Young Americans Choir is singing off camera. The children (African American and white) are sitting in chairs and wheelchairs. One African American girl is seated on a white female nurse's lap and sucking her thumb. Other adults (African American and white) are sitting along the side and back walls.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00065.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281

Members of the Young Americans Choir

Members of the Young Americans Choir singing in a hospital room at Children's Mercy Hospital. The choir members (men and women, all white except for one African American man) are standing around a hospital bed with a white child under the sheets.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00066.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281

Members of the Young Americans Choir

Members of the Young Americans Choir singing in a hospital room at Children's Mercy Hospital. The choir members (men and women, all white except for one African American man) are standing around a hospital bed with a white child under the sheets and arm bandaged.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00067.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281

Members of the Young Americans Choir

Members of the Young Americans Choir singing in a hospital room at Children's Mercy Hospital. The choir members (men and women, all white except for one African American man leaning against the end of the bed) are standing around a hospital bed with a white child under the sheets and arm bandaged.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00068.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281

Members of the Young Americans Choir

Members of the Young Americans Choir visiting a hospital room at Children's Mercy Hospital. The choir members (men and women; white with an African American man) are standing around two hospital beds. One white man is excitedly reading a pamphlet while standing next to a young white boy in bed.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00069.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281

Members of the Young Americans Choir with Dr. Chic Ward

Members of the Young Americans Choir (two white women, three white men, one African American man) speaking with Dr. Chic Ward at Children's Mercy Hospital. Ward is wearing a lab coat and is standing on the right. They are standing next to equipment.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00070.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281

Members of the Young Americans Choir with Chic Ward

Members of the Young Americans Choir (three white women, three white men, one African American man) with Dr. Chic Ward in the Cardiovascular Lab of Children's Mercy Hospital. They are looking down at equipment while talking.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00071.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281

Member of the Young American Choir performing

A white female member of the Young American Choir performing for patients and staff at Children's Mercy Hospital. The woman is holding one arm up to her chest while singing. Children (white and African American) on the right are looking at the woman and is smiling. Female nurses and male doctors or orderlies (all white) are standing in a doorway looking on. Some children are in wheelchairs.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00072.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281

Members of the Young Americans Choir performing

Members of the Young Americans Choir performing in a stairwell of Children's Mercy Hospital. Young men (white with one African American) and women (white with one African American) are standing on the stairs as they are singing.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00073.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281

Children's Mercy Hospital Staff watching a performance

Children's Mercy Hospital Staff watching a performance of the Young America Choir. The choir is off-camera. The physicians (white), nurses(white), and other adults (white with two African American men) are looking to the right.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00074.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281

Duncan Renaldo and Leo Carrillo visiting patients

Duncan Renaldo and Leo Carrillo visiting a group of child patients (all white except one African American girl) at Children's Mercy Hospital. Renaldo is standing in the back left, dressed at the Cisco Kid. Carrillo is standing in the back right, dressed as Pancho from The Cisco Kid television series. The children are standing and sitting in three rows. Most of them are smiling. The girl in the center is holding publicity photos.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00167.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281

Leo Carrillo visiting young male patients

Leo Carrillo visiting young white male patients at Children's Mercy Hospital. Carrillo is dressed as Pancho from The Cisco Kid television series. He is holding publicity photos in one hand. The kid in the center is wearing Pancho's sombrero. Both boys are sitting and looking up.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00168.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281